Georgia Aileen (7)

Brian Bilbrey

5 June 2022

Last night we had a good line of thunderstorms roll through. In several different directions, folks had rain plus the light/sound show. But we got hail, too... Here's the front walk as that phase of the storm was winding down: Not a huge deal, but we only had two small tomato plants in the ground … now we're down to two "3/4 scale" smaller tomato plants. We'll see if they survive. Most of Georgia's days follow a specific pattern: Here's one of the instances of resting in the house, chasing sunbeams Today was special, though. The morning walk up to…

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Brian Bilbrey

31 January 2022

Snow days are ... different up here. It snowed 20" or so in our immediate vicinity on Saturday. The roads seem to have been plowed and treated by 7 AM on Sunday (and the plows were keeping things clear enough on Saturday). No schools are closed or delayed this brightly chilly Monday morning that I can find. I was up at 7 AM on Sunday morning. I got the coffee started on brew, and geared up. I moved the car back, shoveled out the front porch and a couple of feet in front of the garage doors by hand. Then…

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